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Seniority rules, worker mobility and wages : evidence from multi-country linked employer-employee data
Böckerman, Petri; Skedinger, Per; Uusitalo, Roope - 2016
We construct a multi-country employer-employee data to examine the consequences of employment protection. We identify the effects by comparing worker exit rates between units of the same firm that operate in two countries that have different seniority rules. The results show that...
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Globalization and the jobs ladder
Davidson, Carl; Heyman, Fredrik; Matusz, Steven J.; … - 2018
mobility in Sweden. …
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Hybrid entrepreneurship
Folta, Timothy B.; Delmar, Frédéric; Wennberg, Karl - 2010
In contrast to previous efforts to model the individual‘s movement from wage work into entrepreneurship, we consider that individuals might transition incrementally by retaining their wage job while entering into self-employment. We show that these hybrid entrepreneurs represent a significant...
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Hierarchies, the small firm effect, and entrepreneurship : evidence from Swedish microdata
Tåg, Joacim; Åstebro, Thomas; Thompson, Peter - 2013
We explore whether the tendency for smaller firms to have fewer hierarchical layers explains the well-documented inverse correlation between firm size and the rate at which employees become business owners. Our analysis is based on a Swedish matched employer-employee dataset. Conditional on firm...
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The social background of elite executives : the Swedish case
Henrekson, Magnus; Lyssarides, Odd - 2016
Sweden is often described as a country where intergenerational social mobility is high, but research also shows that … mobility for an extreme elite group in society: the CEOs of Sweden's 30 largest public firms since 1945. To our knowledge … former and current CEOs who grew up in Sweden and born between the late1800s and 1970. We have information about paternal …
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Globalization, recruitments, and job mobility
Davidson, Carl; Heyman, Fredrik; Matusz, Steven J.; … - 2020
Previous research indicates that exporting firms are willing to pay a premium to poach workers from other exporting firms if experience working for an internationally engaged firm reduces trade costs. Since international experience is less valuable to non-exporters, we would expect to see...
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Exit, voice and political change : evidence from Swedish mass migration to the United States
Karadja, Mounir; Prawitz, Erik - 2018
We study the political effects of mass emigration to the United States in the 19th century using data from Sweden. To …
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Self-employment among in-movers and stayers in rural areas : insights from Swedish register and survey data
Aldén, Lina; Hammarstedt, Mats; Skedinger, Per - 2024
Our use of longitudinal register data combined with a unique survey allows us to offer a more comprehensive picture of rural self-employment than in previous studies. We find that selfemployed in rural settings are more likely than those in metropolitan regions to employ others, but...
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Competition, takeovers and gender discrimination
Heyman, Fredrik (contributor); Svaleryd, Helena (contributor) - 2008
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How wage compression affects job turnover
Heyman, Fredrik (contributor) - 2008
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